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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a web service which provides storage and various interfaces for accessing data stored there.

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a web service which provides storage and various interfaces for accessing data stored there.

S3 can store objects up to 5TB in size, along with 2KB of data. Objects are grouped into buckets which correspond to an Amazon Web Services account.

Buckets and objects can be created, listed and retrieved using REST and SOAP interfaces; objects can also be downloaded using HTTP GET and BitTorrent.

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Uploading files to S3 account from Linux command line

I've got several large files sitting in my Linux hosted account that I need to upload to my S3 account. I don't want to download them first and then upload them into S3. Is there any way I can "upload" it via the Linux command line? Or can I access…
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How to automate regular Google Takeout backups to cloud storage

I would like to create regular Google Takeout backups (let's say every 3 months) and store them encrypted in some other cloud storage like DropBox or S3. It does not have to be a cloud-to-cloud solution, though preferred. It does not have to be 100%…
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Time machine backup on S3

Is there any possibility to use Amazon S3 for Mac OS X time machine backups? Or in other words: Use S3 rather an external hard disk for time machine backups?
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Amazon S3 Recover Deleted File

Is it possible to recover a file I deleted from my S3 bucket?
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Replacing Dropbox with: Amazon S3 + SSL + GPG/TrueCrypt + Mounting on OSX ??

So, right now we're using Dropbox to share various data files around between approximately 10 Mac OS X systems. However, we already have an S3 account and everyone on the lowest Dropbox plan of $10/month seems too expensive. We'd like to avoid any…
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Can I use rsync for backing up at Amazon S3

I have bought some space from evbackup which provides me FTP, rsync and SSH. But I have also read that Amazon S3 can also be used to backups. So I am really confused that do Amazon give FTP access to upload files to backup. How can I download…
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A decent S3 bucket manager for Ubuntu

I'm looking for a decent S3 bucket manager for Ubuntu (Gnome). I prefer it to integrate with Nautilus so it will look like just any other drive (a la WebDAV) but so far I haven't been able to find anything that I'd like to use on a daily basis. What…
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Amazon S3 GUI client for OS X

I'm looking for a good GUI client for Amazon S3. On Windows I used Cloudberry Explorer and I would like to know if there's anything like that for Mac OS X.
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AWS upload folder to S3 as tar.gz without compressing locally

In AWS CLI, how do I upload a folder as a tar.gz file without creating a tar.gz locally? For example, I have a folder at /var/test and I want to upload it to /tests/test1.tar.gz How do I do that without turning it into a tar.gz locally? (I want to…
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How to upload big files to S3 on a flaky connection?

I have a bunch of files (between 500MB and 7GB) that I need uploaded to an S3 bucket. My connection is very flaky. I tried uploading a 500MB file via s3cmd but it timed out after it was 91% done (which took 16 hours) The I tried with CyberDuck, but…
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Alternative to Amazon's S3 service?

Just wondering if there is good alternative to Amazon's S3 service? I like S3 but the bandwidth cost is high. I looked at CouldFiles from Rackspace but the cost is even higher. I don't mind prepaying or having monthly payment in order to reduce the…
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Auto-set permissions when uploading to Amazon S3 with Transmit 4

Does anyone know how to auto-set the read permissions for "World" upon upload of a file to Amazon S3 with Transmit? It is currently a two step process in my workflow: upload the file change permissions to allow the file to be read I'd really to…
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Let's Encrypt with Amazon S3

Will it be possible to have https on the my static Amazon S3 website with Let's Encrypt? Even I have Let's Encrypt Closed Beta Invite now. But how to use it with Amazon S3?
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Can't connect to S3 using cyberduck

I'm trying to connect to my S3 bucket using cyberduck. I select S3 from the dropdown. Input into server name: {bucket-name}.s3.amazonaws.com Access key ID and Secret Access Key into the next two fields. The bucket appears to load, but upon…
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Know the identity behind an AWS canonical ID

Today while auditing a friends security settings, I found that an Amazon Folder (s3 bucket) with his most personal files had an unrecognised ACL entry. A person (with id ending in f6995f) had "Write" access to the bucket. Weirdly no read or list…
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